Northwest High School - Vanguard Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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lol On senior recognition day Sergeant Jones was honored with a rose as all seniors were. lb, As seniors cheer their lou- dest at a school pep assembly, Officer .lohn Taylor fback- groundj of the Indianapolis, Public School Security Divi- sion, watches, taken in by the school spirit of Northwest students. lc, For athletic events, addi- tional police are assigned to the Northwest stadium or gym to maintain order should the crowd become overzealous. ld, Looking in on a class, Ser- geant Jones tried to keep up with the daily routine of the students. UUE Q15 48

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lbl Chris Loggins, senior stamps his admittance slip to class while contemplating his ninth hour dean's conference that goes along with being tardy. lol The rule stating hands off other people and their prop-- erty, pertaining to boy and girl relationships is not fre- quently enforced as illustrated by Sonny Hall and Mariann Johnson, seniors. Www' H LITE-H'?'? making is legally impossible on school gounds be cause there is a state law which prohibits any smoking on school property This quotation from Vice Principal George Gale was in direct contrast to the word of the State Fire Marshall s Board which stated There is no state or city ordinance pertaining to the sublect of stu dents smoking in schools This matter is left entirely up to the superintendent or the principal of the school Who were students to believe? Some Marion County schools experimented with smoking lounges to observe the effects they had on stu dents Discipline problems increased immensely and most of these schools abolished the lounges due to the debris and safety hazards that resulted. Superintendent of Schools Stanley Campbell approved one such ex- periment at Carmel High School. In addition to the diffi- culties mentioned above, Carmel encountered com- plications in relation to the Anti-Cigarette Law which denied minors the right to purchase cigarettes. Despite the conflicting views of Mr. Gale and the fire board, prohibition of smoking in Northwest remained.

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W Y- hat do we need cops for? This isn't a iail, it's a 4 sw school. This was the reaction of a great many North- west students when they discovered that security guards had been placed in their. school. Captain John Quatman of the security division of the Indianapolis School Board explained that security guards were not stationed at schools to police students, but rather to protect them. Every school in lndianapolis was required to have at least two security guards, placement of additional guards was dependent upon the students' general attitudes and behavior. In some schools throughout the city, it was also necessary to have policewomen especially for the girls. Northwest has not yet come to that and I doubt if it ever wiII, stated Paul Heaton, dean of boys. ln my opinion, Ser- geant Jones and Officer Taylor do an excellent iob and are a great help in controlling disturbances. They achieved their primary purpose of keeping outsiders from entering the building and protecting the students as well as the faciIities, he explained. They also at- tained. their secondary goal of maintaining order within the building itself. As a security guard at Northwest, Sergeant John Jones expressed how he felt. I don't like acting as a police officer over Northwest students, but I do like working with them and attempting to communicate with the students, he said. I consider them all my children when I come into this building. I may have to raise some cane with them once in awhile, he continued, but no one from the outside will be permitted to cause trouble as long as I'm here. Officer Robert Taylor, IPS security guard, revealed similar thoughts about the students and' atmosphere at Northwest. I look to examine the students' opinions on life and look back to compare our values. I feel I can relate their views with mine and I have really learned from the students. Officer Taylor added that North- west had fewer problems with school disturbances than any other school. I think the students want it this way, he explained.